Car won't start

I have a 95 Geo Prizm and just got a new battery for it. It wouldn't start last week and my dad checked it out and said it was wet and beds a tune up but then we got it to start. Then tonight after work it wouldn't start again. Clicks and the dash lights work. One person said it could be my starter but then another says it sounds like it's the battery. I plan on buying the stuff to tune it up tomorrow but how can I tell if it's my starter or my battery? He even tried to jump it but it didn't help. I also live about five minutes from work and haven't done anything all week but go back and forth between there and home, so not sure if it's not getting enough charge.

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If it did not start, (turn over) with a jump, the tune-up would not resolve this problem. Could be a few things, like yes, the starter. or a starter relay, or a bad wire connection. Clicking is the starter or starter solenoid. I would have the starter checked.

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